Punishing

Verb

1. Present participle of punish

Full definition of punishing

Adjective

1. That inflicts punishment
2. arduous, gruelling

Noun

1. punishment
• 2011, Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology (page 303)We may not be convinced that God is as involved in historical punishings as the prophet claims, and we may have a strong negative reaction to the claims made for how God acts...